About the day » Sunday May 23, 1976Calender converter

• Cornelis Adrianus van Dijk, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 2009)
• Ryan Lee van der Molen, Ames, Story County, Iowa († 1982)
• Lanney Joseph Hupka, Homestead AFB, Maimi-Dade, Florida, The United States of America

• Claire Meta MANN (85), Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Dirkje Ruiten (76)
• Berend Snippe (41), Westerhaar
• Beatrice Frances CHAPMAN (71), Blunham, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
• Arnold Gerard GROENHOFF (91), Pays-Bas
• Cornelis Bikker
• Antonius van Rooij (60), Boxmeer
• Clara M MANN (85)
• Bauke Gunneman (81), Zwolle, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Godelieve" Marie Louise de Lichtervelde (63), Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgique

• 1972 » Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
• 1972 » Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 » Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
• 1974 » Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
• 1976 » Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 » Scott Raynor, American drummer
• 1979 » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Rasual Butler, American basketball player († 2018)

• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Bart
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Jennifer
11. Saskia
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
• January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
• February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
• June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.

The temperature on May 23, 1976 was between 6.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.